Aug 19, 2015 11:32 PM EDT

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Aug 19, 2015 10:39 PM EDT

People who delay or refuse vaccines for themselves or their children are presenting a growing challenge for countries that want to to close the immunization gap, according to the World Health Organization.

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Aug 19, 2015 10:30 PM EDT

A study by part of Britain’s Department of Health has found that electronic cigarettes are around 95% less harmful than tobacco. It concluded that e-cigarettes should be promoted as a tool to help people quit smoking.

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Aug 19, 2015 03:22 AM EDT

A new study has found that drinking coffee a day could show promise in preventing the relapse of colon cancer among patients. Aside from that, it has a promising benefit to prevent death from the disease.

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Aug 17, 2015 05:53 PM EDT

Women who work more than 40 hours a week or routinely liftheavy loads takea longer to get pregnant, a study has found. Working more than 40 hours a week was linked with taking 20% longer to get pregnant compared to women who worked 21 to 40 hours per week.

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Aug 17, 2015 05:40 PM EDT

Officials at Yosemite National Park iare temporarily closintg a popular campsite because two squirrels were found dead of plague in the area. The campsite will be treated with a flea-killing insecticide.

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Aug 14, 2015 11:01 PM EDT

The death rates for children from bicycling accidents have fallen dramatically from 1975 to 2012, according to the CDC. But during those years, the bicycling death rates for middles-aged men have risen sharply.